Consumer Tech & Energy Transparency: A University of Oregon policy piece argues access to real-time electricity data should be a basic consumer right, calling today’s lack of instant usage visibility a consumer-protection and grid-governance failure as EVs and heat pumps spread. AI & Research Infrastructure: Digital Science rolled out AI-assisted profile curation for Symplectic Elements, aiming to cut the manual work of keeping faculty research profiles up to date. Power, Data Centers & Waste Heat: A report highlights how U.S. data centers discard huge amounts of energy as waste heat, pushing for policy changes and reuse incentives. Local Energy Conflict: Yakama leaders protested a pumped-storage project on sacred land, warning a nearby data center campus could be a key beneficiary. Education Decarbonization Reality Check: A critique of Portland Public Schools’ “all-electric” framing says lab burners still need natural gas, and carbon benefits are limited. Health & Tech: OHSU research finds veterans with cancer face elevated suicide-attempt risk, especially after diagnosis. Oregon Science in the Field: Oregon Sea Grant’s STEM at Sea program sent community college students aboard OSU’s research vessel to collect ocean data. Medical Research: ASCO trial results report velzatinib activity across treatment lines for advanced GIST, including in KIT exon 9 profiles.